A/N: If you have ever read "Recollection" and "Feeling", I would like to notify you that, from this chapter, there will be some changing with the plot. Because I had to combine two POVs into one, some points (mostly about the character's mind, feeling and thought) had to be removed to make the story goes without replaying the same scene. So, to make sure that their mind and feeling are not left out in the dark, I do some little changing with the plot.

I also change the age of the character.

The girl is 13. Tsuna is 25

So, here it is. Please enjoy. :)


Chapter 4

The Girl and Poison

After calming himself down, Tsuna opened the door wider and walked in. He was welcomed by an empty room with grey walls. He glanced around the room to found that the room was not literary empty. There, in the corner of the room, a girl was sitting.

Tsuna slowly walked towards the girl who looked at him with a scared face. He took the sight into his mind. The girl had short black hair and was wearing a grey patient gown. Then, his eyes fell to her foot. Her left foot was chained to the grey wall behind her. Stopping in front of the girl, he kneeled down.

The girl stiffened when he kneeled in front of her. She looked up, only to see a smile from the man in front of her.

"Don't worry. I won't hurt you." Tsuna said. He looked at her foot again. The brunet reached out to her foot and bright orange sky flames lit up on his hand to break the chain. He then checked the bruised foot of the girl.

Suddenly, Tsuna heard a shout from the girl of him. His reflex helped him dodge the attack from behind. The brunet turned around and saw his enemy, standing in all his glory with a blade in his hand.

Tsuna looked around the room and noticed that he was surrounded by Oscurità subordinates. The girl's horrified face made Tsuna nervous. He glared at the blond haired man. "What are you actually planning?"

The blond smirked as he put his blade down. Then, he raised his left hand. "I'm planning for this."Suddenly, some of his subordinates caught Tsuna's arm and held him tightly, preventing him from moving around.

Tsuna tried to struggle, but their hold on him tightened as he struggled harder. He looked at the Oscurità Boss. "What do you want?"

"No need to rush, Vongola Decimo. No need to rush." The Boss moved closer to Tsuna. "Our famiglia has had a grudge towards the Vongola for decades. We took every chance we got to destroy the Vongola, but we never succeeded. So this time, we tried again and it seems this plan will go...somewhat well," He shrugged his shoulders.

He walked across the room and pulled up a chair towards Tsuna. Once he made the chair face Tsuna, he sat down. "Plan A, the meeting we had a while ago was just camouflage. We only wanted you to come here with your guardians."

"We knew that your guardians would fight for your safety. But I didn't expect your guardians to knock down my subordinates so quickly." He frowned, but it immediately changed to a playful smile. "That's why we moved to Plan B."

Tsuna narrowed his eyes. 'Why is he telling me his plan? And his expression...Is he looking down on me? He's like Byakuran. He acts as if everything is a game.'

"We burned this mansion to make you panic." the Boss said and then he looked at the girl behind Tsuna, "That girl...she was bait to make you come into this room." As his gaze turned to Tsuna, he noticed the relieved look on the girl, "But you made an unexpected move. You told your guardians to leave you and then came into this room alone."

"What do you mean?" Tsuna asked the man in front of him. 'Don't tell me he wants to...'

He opened his mouth, "Actually...I planned to kill you and your Guardians together here."

Tsuna's eyes widened and the black haired girl bit her lip as they heard the Boss chuckle and say with mocking tone, "But, Congratulations! You saved your famiglia from death!" He smiled widely. Then he stood up and walked forwards. "So, as a reward for saving your famiglia..." His hand was searching for something in his suit pocket.

Tsuna tried to struggle again as his intuition flare up, warning him of danger. He stopped when he heard the Boss chuckle.

"Calm down, Vongola. Your intuition is warning you, isn't it? It's right. What we are going to do is really dangerous to your life. So prepare for your reward." he said as he took something out from his pocket.

The subordinates forced Tsuna to lower his head. The Vongola Decimo could feel something pierced into his nape and something was injected into his veins.

While on the other hand, the girl closed her eyes tightly, she didn't want to see the upcoming scene. 'I don't want to see it anymore!' she screamed in her head as painful and scary memories of the victim's death flowed through her mind. 'Ifthis is his way of destroying Vongola...then, he will win.'

Tsuna felt his energy drain as the subordinates loosened their hold on him. He fell to the gray tiled floor with soft thump. He felt weak. He couldn't even move a single muscle.

"It's a poison that was made by our famiglia. We haven't named it though, it's a new poison. The effect of this poison is ... Ah! I won't tell you. It won't be a surprise if I tell you now. Will it?" the blond Boss said cheerfully.

Tsuna felt his body burn. He tried to raise his body with his weak arms to hold him up. 'Poison? Did he...inject poison into...my body? What kind of poison? ...Is Shamal...Ugh!' He felt something in his throat try to get out. It felt hot and hurt. He coughed it out as he tasted rusty steel in his mouth. He looked down and saw the red liquid stain the grey floor. 'Blood.' he thought in horror.

The girl stiffened as she could smell the scent of blood. And then, she heard laughter from the blond man.

"It seems the first symptom had already begun." The man walked towards Tsuna intimidatingly. He stepped onto Tsuna's left shoulder, making the weakened brunet fall to the ground again, staining his white suit with his own red blood.

The intimidating man watched as blood kept flowing out of Tsuna's trembling mouth. "I always thought nothing compares to the feeling of watching someone dear to you dying in front of yourself. I wonder how your guardians will feel when they see you dying in front of them and they can't do anything to save you." After saying it, he laughed at the helpless man beneath his feet.

Those words stabbed the scared girl. She felt pity for the guardians. And she also felt pity for herself. She couldn't do anything when she saw those people die in front of her very own eyes.

The weight on Tsuna's shoulder left as Oscurità Settimo walked backwards, chuckling. "Once you finally die. I'll come to your place to attend your funeral. And then I'll kill your guardians." It seemed like he was deep in thought, then he added with a threatening voice, "Until the time comes, you don't have to search for me, Vongola. But if you want your guardians die before you, you may let them search for me. I promise you that I'll kill them in the most painless way possible. And then, I'll send their corpses to you." The last part was said in an excited tone with a smile of malice on the man's face.

As the man walked outside, Tsuna thought to himself. 'This man is not playing around. He is really dangerous. I have to think of a way to defeat him before I die...What? Will I die?'

As if knowing what he was thinking, the Settimo said, "Don't worry, Vongola. That poison will guarantee your death. So don't worry, you will die." He chuckled again. "So, just wait, Vongola. Oh! And don't worry about the way out. I'll make sure that the way out will be safe for you to walk by." With that, he closed the door.

Tsuna struggled to stand up, but stopped when he heard the door open again. He looked up to see the Oscurità Boss by the opened door. "I forgot to tell you, you will regain all of your energy in 5 minutes and this mansion will explode in 5 minutes. So you better hurry up." he said with an innocent smile on his face, and then he turned his head towards the girl. "About the girl, it's up to you. You may take her with you or leave her here to die." And he closed the door again.

The girl didn't do anything when she heard the footsteps begin to fade. She looked at the man in front of her warily. Tsuna tried his best to raise his body up. She stood up and walked closer to him. She was fast enough to catch the man as he was falling down. Tsuna turned to her. She looked at the man's face with a passive expression. There, she saw a kind and soft smile. When Tsuna said his gratitude, she nodded slightly and then helped the man sit and lean on the wall.

She sat beside the man, with her head down and her hands on her lap. She didn't know what she should do. She couldn't run away and leave the man alone. And she didn't know the way out and she doubted that she could find the way out in less than 5 minutes. So, she decided to stay there with the Vongola. After all, she was ready to face her death.


While leaning on the wall, regaining his energy, Tsuna wiped the blood off his lips and chin, and then he turned to his right. He watched the girl who was sitting beside him. She her short black hair had some curls at the end of each strand. Her pale hands were placed on her lap. Her grey patient gown was too big for her skinny body. 'Why is she here? Is she a victim of Oscurità?' he asked to himself.

Tsuna looked up again to see the girl's face. She looked like she was thinking about something. Then, she looked disappointed. He looked at her unruly hair again. Unconsciously, he raised his hand towards her hair and started to comb the unruly yet actually silky hair. "My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. You can call me Tsuna. What's your name?" he asked her softly, trying to melt the stiff aura around them.

"I...I don't have a name..." she murmured, but she was loud enough for Tsuna to hear her.

Tsuna raised his eyebrow at the answer. "Why?" he asked as he placed his hand over his own lap, leaving the now neat black hair of the girl.

The girl clutched her grey gown. "My mom abandoned me after she gave birth to me...She...Before she could name me, she sold me to those guys. And they kept me nameless. That's what they said." she answered while clutching onto her clothes. She said those words with no emotion in her voice. She felt that she was unwanted and bound to be alone.

The brunet didn't say anything. He couldn't say anything. Tsuna looked at her emotionless eyes, they were staring at nothing. "How old are you?"

The girl remained in silent, as if she was counting her years. "...13?" she said a bit uncertainly.

There was a long silence between them. Tsuna thought to himself, 'My Hyper intuition is telling me to take her with me.' He looked at her, 'I don't know why or how, but I can feel that she is interesting in some way. I'm curious about her and if my Hyper intuition told me to...Well, can't hurt to take her in.'

"So...Do you want to come with me?"

The girl was shocked when she heard that question. She looked at him with wide eyes. 'Does he want me? Am I not unwanted?' she thought.

Tsuna could see the hope in the girl's brown eyes and he could also feel that some of his energy had come back. He smiled softly and asked, "Do you want to be part of Vongola?"

She immediately nodded. And with that answer, Tsuna slowly stood up. 'We have to get out of here soon. And I need something to cover her from fire.' Then, without much thinking, he took out his box weapon. 'Open Box.'

A lion cub roared loudly and jumped onto Tsuna's shoulder, "Natsu. Mantello di Vongola." With that command, the little cub turned into a black cloak and draped over his shoulder. He took it off and wrapped it over the girl's body. "It'll keep you from the fire." he said when he saw the confused look the girl gave.

He picked her up bridal style. Immediately, she wrapped her arms around Tsuna's neck to keep herself steady in his arms. After making sure that his hold was strong and tight, Tsuna looked at her brown eyes. "Let's go out and meet my Famiglia."

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To be continued.